Paris-Brest-Paris 18-22 August 2019

[Nebulous]

A lot of us will be on the Hutopia campsite in Rambouillet.

Huttopia only appear to allow one dog and don't have a pitch for the full week. We can get 5 days, but not the finish day! Probably need to phone to check. We would prefer my wife didn't have to move the caravan.

 

[Ajax Bay]

K039 starting 1830

 

[Nebulous]

Q156 starting at 19:45. Very much in the bulge.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Yes - I am pleased not to be 'in the bulge'. My West Highlands 1000 in 2018 allowed me to pre-register and choose a relatively early start time.
I will be fast enough to get well ahead of the bulge by noon Monday and plan a couple of hours snooze then (and still be ahead of the bulge), and press on to - not quite sure - could be Carhaix (521k). Brest is tempting by midnight but 30 hours and 610k seems a bloody long way before a good sleep. On the WH1000 we started at 8pm and I made Oban at 456km in 23 hours, with a 90 minute snooze in the cafe at Campbeltown (as well as stops with food at Comrie (100k), Ardrishaig (sunrise/6am) and Tarbet for a full Scottish. It was not a flat parcours across Scotland and round the Kintyre peninsula and there were no trains.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Couple of weeks to go. Forecast looking suitable for Northern Europeans at the moment.

 

[Nebulous]

I didn't do a qualifier but was ready with my finger itching when they releaed the extra spaces. I think I discovered them and got one before the emails had even gone out. They added some places to each group and I booked 18:30. Then a few day later I got an email saying the group was overbooked and they had bounced me to 19:45. I was mildly annoyed, then thought, a week ago I'd have grabbed anything at all - so I really don't have any cause to complain. I'd hope to work my way forward a bit - but if there are a lot of queues and holdups at controls that might scupper that.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Well done for getting your SR done by mid-June, just in case or anyway.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Couple of weeks to go. Forecast looking suitable for Northern Europeans at the moment.

What's that anti-cyclone round the Azores (13 Aug 1800 forecast) going to do, though?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

This heavy rain is reminding me what we may get on PBP

 

[Ajax Bay]

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=49.1;-5.2;3&l=wind-10m&t=20190816/1200
Gale in Channel forecast for our ferry crossing Friday and headwinds out; tailwinds back seems most likely outcome 18-22 August.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Forecast temps dropping and more rain first couple of days.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Need a bit of adversity - forecast a bit of damp but little wind. Not much variation between day and night time temperatures, at least according to yr.no
https://www.yr.no/place/France/Brittany/Rennes/long.html

 

[Ajax Bay]

I've checked my PBP account yesterday, all my homologations are already in. So I can start my registration later today (midnight for me).

What's your frame number @Ivo ? I have enjoyed (and read twice) your 2015 account - thank you.

 

[Ivo]

What's your frame number @Ivo ? I have enjoyed (and read twice) your 2015 account - thank you.

J199

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Suppose next week I'd better assemble some stuff to take.